A.          Board of Missions (152.25 cu. ft.)

              B.          Board of Education and Publication (41.1 cu. ft.)

              C.          Board of Christian Service (55.8 cu. ft.)

              D.          The Mennonite (2.8 cu. ft.)

              E.          Conference sessions (3.25 cu. ft.)

              F.           Treasurer and financial records (22.3 cu. ft.)

              G.          Emergency Relief Commission (14.4 cu. ft.)

              H.          President (no holdings)

              I.            Executive secretary (staff position) (23.55 cu. ft.)

              J.           Conference secretary (elected officer) (4.5 cu. ft.)

              K.          Committee on the Ministry (2.15 cu. ft.)

              L.          Committee on Exemptions (.5 cu. ft.)

              M.         Committee on City Churches (2.45 cu. ft.)

              N.          Committee on Evangelism (.6 cu. ft.)

              O.          Stewardship Secretary (9.6 cu. ft.)

              P.           Trustees (2.5 cu. ft.)

              Q.          Lodge Committee (.15 cu. ft.)

              R.          Study Commission on Polity and Conference Relations (.3 cu. ft.)

              S.           Ministerial Placement (Personnel Secretary) (3.75 cu. ft.)

              T.          Mutual Aid (12.3 cu. ft.)

              U.          Youth (9.95 cu. ft.)

              V.          Radio and television (7.35 cu. ft.)

              W.         Women's Missionary Association (24.15 cu. ft.)

              X.          Mennonite Men (.75 cu. ft.)

              Y.          Mennonite Publication Office (7.6 cu. ft.)

              Z.          Peace and Social Concerns (6.95 cu. ft.)

              AA.       Voluntary Service (20.55 cu. ft.)

              BB.        Committee on Women in Church Vocations (1.75 cu. ft.)

              CC.        Historical Committee (.45 cu. ft.)

              DD.       Legal documents (relating to the conference as a whole) (all holdings in SA or Bd.Ms.)

              EE.        Merger attempts (all holdings in SA or Bd.Ms.)

              FF.         [Hospitals and Homes Committee; moved to I.C.6]

              GG.       Hymnal Committee (1.75 cu. ft.)

              HH.       News Service (2.3 cu. ft.)

              II.          Pension Committee (.45 cu. ft.)

              JJ.          Executive Committee (.6 cu. ft.)

              KK.       Statistical reports from congregations (1.3 cu. ft.)

              LL.        Mennonite Biblical Seminary (1.35 cu. ft.) (see also V.97)

              MM.      Faith and Life Press (4.9 cu. ft.)

              NN.       Committee on Doctrine and Conduct (.15 cu. ft.)

              OO.       Church Unity Committee (.15 cu. ft.)

              PP.         Self-Study 1964-1967 (.75 cu. ft.)

              QQ.       Blueprints

(Total volume: 445.85 cu. ft.; 34 % of it is Board of Missions)

In 1968 the General Conference underwent a major reorganization, so the General Conference archives are split into 2 categories, MLA.I for the period 1859-1969 and MLA.VII for 1970-2002. Since some positions carried on through the transition, it has not been possible to make a perfect division by time periods. If documents you want come from the 1960s or 1970s, you will need to look in both categories to have complete coverage.

Dates and locations of General Conference sessions

In NUCMC as MS 61-1365:

General Conference Mennonite Church.

              Records, 1860-1960.

              98 ft.

              In Bethel College Historical Library.

              Correspondence of the Mission Board (1871-1930) and the Christian Service Board (1920-58); correspondence, sermons, diaries, and addresses of church leaders; documents relating to settlement in the Great Plains, 1873-80 and in Canada, 1873-80 and 1924-29.

              Cataloged in the library’s manuscripts catalog.

              Gifts, 1937-

              1. General Conference Mennonite Church–Hist.–Sources. 2. Mennonites–Hist.–Sources. 3. Mennonites–Missions. 4. Mennonites–Charities. 5. Mennonites–Sermons. 6. Mennonites–Colonization. 7. Mennonites in the Great Plains. 8. Mennonites in Canada.